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The world’s largest retailer Walmart (sales of US$648 billion up 5.5% in 2023, up by 5.4% in Q2 to July 2024) is stepping up efforts against theft. While many products with average face...

15 November 2024

Seven & i drops the curtain in Israel

After only 18 months of selling in Israel, the world’s 4th largest food retailer by sales, Seven & i Holdings (sales 2023: US$127 billion, down by 2.9%) confirmed closure on November 12...

14 November 2024

Bonpoint to be sold to China’s Youngor

The EPI group ( Bonpoint, Weston, Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck and Biondi-Santi brands) is looking to sell the upmarket children’s label Bonpoint. According to La Lettre, it is...

14 November 2024

Klarna files I.P.O. document with Wall Street

The I.P.O. of Sweden’s Klarna is taking shape. On November 12, the Swedish BNPL company announced that it had “confidentially” filed a first version of a registration document...

14 November 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Schmidt invents a new range of kitchens using 30% less materials

On November 6, the Schmidt Group (sales 2023: €668 million via 900 stores under the Schmidt, Cuisinella and ID Pro brands) unveiled a new collection of kitchens, central islands, bookcases...

13 November 2024

Cyberattack: 45,000 Picard customers’ data compromised

Frozen food specialist Picard (€1.8 billion in sales in 2023, up 5.9% in one year) has fallen victim to a cyberattack involving customers’ personal data. “We detected, via...

13 November 2024

Retail media : E.Leclerc launches non-food Search with Criteo

To capitalise on customer data and retail media opportunity, grocery retailer E.Leclerc is continuing a collaboration with Criteo. In the run-up to the holiday season, it launched a sponsored...

12 November 2024

[Amazon results] Amazon doubles net margin in 9 months to September and announces record CAPEX for 2024

In Q3 2024, Amazon's sales and profitability exceeded analysts' expectations. The group has managed to maintain the online business and accelerated the strongest P&L contributors, in order to...

7 November 2024

Simbe raises US$50 million to deploy computer vision robots

On October 24, U.S. retail tech company Simbe Robotics closed a US$50 million Series C round, led by Goldman Sachs, with investors Eclipse Ventures and Valo Ventures. Its 1.8-meter white robots...

7 November 2024

Retail property: Blackstone strengthens on the U.S. West Coast with a US$4 billion acquisition

On November 6, 2024, U.S. investment fund Blackstone (US$336.1 billion in assets) announced the acquisition of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (valued at US$2.13 billion) for approximately...

7 November 2024

With US$1.72 billion, Lulu signs the biggest I.P.O. of the year in the Gulf

U.A.E.-based Lulu Retail Holding (2023 sales of US$7.3 billion via 260 supermarkets and 24 malls) raised US$1.72 billion in an initial public offering on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX) on...

6 November 2024

Véronique Discours-Buhot (French Franchise Federation): “We expect a slowdown in franchise openings for 2024”

After a 9% increase in franchised stores last year, the General Delegate of the FFF is anticipating a slowdown in new franchise openings in France in 2024. While BPCE, the leading bank for...

5 November 2024

Auchan Retail wants to cut 1,000 jobs in French stores

While Auchan Retail is negotiating the sale of the Russian stores, the company is also due to rationalise French assets. To accompany the reduction in retail space, the group intends to cut 2,389...

5 November 2024

After raising US$27 million and doubling retail clients, Stoïk wants to accelerate in fashion

Ahead of Black Friday, on November 29, Stoïk, a specialist cyber risk insurance solution, signed an agreement with the French Fashion Federation (Fédération Française du...

4 November 2024

Alibaba strengthens payment security for third-party merchants to accelerate B2B growth

A year after acquiring Visable, a B2B e-commerce platform publisher, Alibaba (2023 sales US$130.4 billion, up by 8%) launched Trade Assurance on October, 28. On Alibaba.com B2B platform (the...

31 October 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Kiabi deploys CrushOn Connect second-hand solution in 70 stores

When availability of second-hand products is a growing challenge for retailers, Kiabi signed up with technology publisher CrushOn, mind Retail has learned. The aim is to streamline the sourcing of...

30 October 2024

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Julien Cailleau, Oney: “With 3 retailers, we are testing the use of Valiuz data to streamline financing approvals”

Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...

29 October 2026

Advantail signs with Formality to streamline commercial lease management

Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...

23 October 2026

How Mobilier de France reduced the share of cheque payments from 80% to 50%

With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...

15 October 2026

How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n

Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...

7 October 2026

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